A look inside the last Topps hockey card set printed in the 1970s–one that contains a famous rookie card and some new teams.
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Modern Sports Card News
2019 Topps Gold Label Baseball Preview
Due out during the pennant races, 2019 Topps Gold Label baseball will have a three-tiered base set–and prospect cards with gold nuggets.
Business News
Heritage Card Auction Sales Total $8.8 Million
A 1915 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb, 1932 U.S. Caramel Babe Ruth and a Sporting Life Honus Wagner cabinet combined to sell for over $1.1 million alone.
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Industry News
Babe Ruth Jersey Could Challenge Record for Highest Priced Piece of Sports Memorabilia
Tucked away in a private collection since the 1990s, one of Babe Ruth’s old Yankees road jerseys has now become the centerpiece of an upcoming auction of one-of-a-kind memorabilia.
Sports Memorabilia News
Curry’s Jersey from 3-Point Record Game at Auction
He’s now made more 3-pointers than any player in history and Steph Curry’s jersey from that record-setting game earlier this month is now up for grabs.
Around the Hobby
Notes: USA Test Orr Brings $57,853; Cleveland Area Show Set; Fake Rings Seized by CBP
One of post-War hockey’s rarest cards sells at auction; Denny McLain will sign autographs at a show in Cleveland next month and U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepts a shipment of fake championship rings.
- Notes: NSCC Signers Added; Mile High Auction; MARVEL Game-Worn CHL Jerseys
- Notes: Thief Steals Dionne’s 1st Skates; 1880s Newspaper Touts Goodwin Album; Tiger Talks Upper Deck
- Notes: Story Behind Great Great Grandpa’s Card; Signed NBA All-Star Jersey Auction; Kid Gives Milestone HR Back
- Notes: World’s Oldest Golf Scorecard; Big $ for Trout and Rare O’Rourke; Bruins Helmet Auction
Editor’s Blog
Original Drawings Reveal What Topps Did to Jim Lemon’s Weird 1969 Card
He’d been fired as Washington’s manager but Topps included Jim Lemon in its 1969 set anyway, pasting an ‘update’ over a much more positive cartoon it had originally planned.
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What’s Hot: It’s a Football Card World
Mike’s back with the current hottest sports card products and happy things are going better for hobby shops than his favorite place to ship packages.
